[Harp-L] Special tuning questions

[Ronald Burton <aussierwb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joseppi...

Is the harp you're using on "After The Lovin'" have the "adjusted" 9 blow reed?...and just how long were you going to keep that little secret from me?

 

 


> > Ken H in OH
> >
> Ha ha ha, I don't know if it's 'better known as' but I have been 
> using that tuning since 1959. There was a good reason for it. I am 
> not as advanced as most of you guys/gals, or at least I wasn't back 
> then. After all, I was just a kid of 17. I never liked the Richter 
> layout and while it's fine for blues (with the blue #5 draw), It 
> didn't lend itself to ballads nor Doo-Wop. Several people I know have 
> claimed that the 50s were the low point in music in the U.S., but I 
> didn't see it that way. I liked to play along with the Fleetwoods, 
> Flamingoes, Shep & the Limelights, Johnny Maestro & Brooklynn Bridge, 
> Drifters, and yada yada yada.
> 
> Changing the reed #5 made a difference in doing 19 out of 100 tunes 
> in an acceptable fashion to a whopping 67 out of 100. THEN, I noticed 
> that it made a number of country/western tunes possible even WITHOUT 
> using a second harp for the bridge. Then, since I like to use all 10 
> holes, I realized that the #9 needed adjusting too. I'm not German, 
> so Richter doesn't fit me, and I'm not Irish, so Paddy doesn't fit me 
> either. I am Italian & Polish, so I don't know WHAT (the hell) I'm 
> doing? lolol
> 
> I have NO idea of what positions are. I know that I sometimes pick 
> up a harp that is waaaay different from what the tune requires? And 
> sometimes I make it work, but couldn't tell you what I'm doing. I 
> think this comes from the fact that I am mainly a chromo player and 
> work with all chromos in all keys. So maybe it's osmosis? lolol

 		 	   		  
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